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A Grammar of the Dialect of Heywood, Lancashire
Hunt, Jean
1959
M.A. thesis on the dialect of Heywood in Lancashire, based on the collector's own fieldwork and tape recordings of two speakers made by Stanley Ellis in February and September 1956.
SED Word Map (Yorkshire): Daddy Long Legs
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Experimental printed word map of Yorkshire, completed in ms. and with SED localities numbered, for SED question IV.8.9, Daddy Long Legs. The map shows the distribution of responses Daddy Long Legs, To...
General Dialect Related Enquiries
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1929-1971
The larger part of this sub-subseries comprises letters sent to Harold Orton from members of the public, in response to newspaper articles and radio broadcasts on the Survey of English Dialects (SED)....
Papers on the Museums Association and its Training Courses
Museums Association
1968-1980
Museums Association Information Sheets no. 7, 'Copyright Law Concerning Works of Art, Photographs and the Written and Spoken Word' (2nd ed., 1974), and no. 20, 'Reproduction Fees, Photography, etc.: G...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
23 Apr 1970 - 30 Apr 1970
Frank Hinchliffe and Grace Walton recorded singing and talking at home in the Lodge Moor area of Sheffield. Discussion includes reference to a local legend, and the Sheffield Flood. Second recording c...
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
30 April 1970
Frank Hinchliffe, Grace Walton and Doug Thompson recorded singing at home in the Lodge Moor area of Sheffield. Conclusion of recording which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A117r.
West Midlands Responses: Book V, Part 1
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book V, Part 1: The House: Outside. Includes questions V.1.9 Latch - V.1.17 More Useful.
SED Word Map: (Keep) Hens
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Mid 1960s-mid 1970s]
Experimental printed word map for SED question IV.6.2, (Keep) Hens, mapping the responses Chicken, Chickens, and Fowl. The map was compiled by Harold Orton, is dated February 1964, and is labelled as ...
Composite Lists of Responses
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960s]
This sub-subseries consists of a run of typed alphabetical orthographic word lists recording the various word forms given in response to individual SED questions. This includes word lists for SED ques...
Trade - General
1964-1976
This file contains items relating to aspects of trading, including a typed paper by Ted Spiegel on Handslag, or striking a bargain, by farmers ([2] leaves); a typed extract listing bad luck beliefs in...
Basket, Straw and Rope-Work
1960-1973
This file includes a photocopy of typed notes made by Rodney Cousins on basket-making, collected from H. Summers, basketmaker, Sutton-on-Trent (November 1969) and from Herbert Lloyd Johnes' 'The Baske...